Foreign Affairs2d
How Far Will Rwanda Go in Congo?
Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...
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‘The Tree of Authenticity' Is a Cinematic Essay About Congo's Colonial Past and Ecological Significance
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been in the headlines as of late with reports about conflict and the advances of the so-called March 23 Movement rebels. But the colonial history and ...
The Nation on MSN3d
Andrée Blouin’s Revolutionary Lives
The African political leader’s autobiography, My Country, Africa, also offers a larger story of empire, oppression, and ...
EurekAlert!13d
From colonialism to green transition: A new book on the cobalt and copper mining business in the Congo
The Central African Copper Bonanza by Timo Särkkä analyses the Western colonial origins of the mining industry and its ...
The Africa Report8d
Andrée Blouin, forgotten icon of Africa’s anti‑colonial movement
In the late 1950s Pan-African activist Andrée Blouin contributed to Sékou Touré’s campaign for independence in Guinea, then ...
The Conversation28d
M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict
Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame in the past has publicly questioned the borders between Rwanda and Congo. This narrative on “Greater Rwanda” would mean extending Rwanda beyond its colonial ...